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  1. Generative- und Agentic-AI für IT-Manager
    Hype trifft auf Realität in großen Unternehmen
    Wolfgang Keller

    LLMs und Agentic AI sind derzeit Hype. Richtig angewendet können sie extreme positive Effekte bringen. Dieses Buch zeigt, vor welchen Herausforderungen man in großen Unternehmen und speziell auch in regulierten Umfeldern bei der Einführung stehen wird. Das Buch ist eine leicht lesbare Einführung für IT-nahe Führungskräfte und Enterprise Architekten und auch nützlich für IT-Profis allgemein, die in das Thema einsteigen möchten und absehbare Projektfehler vermeiden möchten

  2. THE AI : GOVERNANCE IMPERATIVE (2026 Edition)
    Strategy, Ethics & Responsible Innovation for AI Practitioners
    Fabian Rose

    Navigate the architectural discontinuity of the Foundation Model Era with this comprehensive guide designed for professionals sitting at the intersection of technology and leadership. Master the intersection of technical precision and strategic oversight through the RACE framework, robust ethical principles, and the operational realities of MLOps. From the legal mandates of the EU AI Act to the emerging risks of agentic AI, this guide empowers you to lead AI transformation with intention and accountability.

  3. Open Source Licensing 101
    From Concepts to Practical Implications
    Gustavo Pinto

    Although we do have some good books about open source software licensing, most of these books are written by (and to) lawyers, which hinder the understanding of busy developers. This book also has a practical orientation. After covering the concepts of open source licensing, we highlight real examples of good and bad licensing usage.

  4. Built To Be Believed
    Design Ethics for an Age of Simulation
    Sarah Gordon

    A manifesto against simulated empathy.A blueprint for ethical design.This is not a book about AI—it’s about what we mistake it for.

  5. High-Stakes Ethics
    The HPC Tradecraft Master Practitioner, Volume 1
    Edward W. Barnard

    The ACM Code of Ethics won't protect you. This book traces how Harvard Business School deliberately stripped corporate America of its ethical guardrails, and applies lessons from military survival training to help software developers navigate the resulting power imbalance without losing themselves in the process.

  6. The Strategist's Edge
    Thriving in the Agentic AI Economy
    Shahril Azwin Zainul Abidin

    The age of human specialization as the primary source of economic value is undergoing a terminal decline. As Procedural Workflow Automation begins to absorb the majority of knowledge work, professionals must pivot from being the most skilled "cog" in the machine to becoming the "conductor" of an AI orchestra. This book is the essential survival guide for navigating the Agentic Dawn—a shift from the mastery of a craft to the orchestration of a system.

  7. A OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK
    Notes from the invisible profession
    Barton E Nicholls

    The draft ones were never sent. The post-mortems never said what really happened. The meetings never heard what you actually thought. This is the book that does.

  8. Modern Introduction to Data Science
    Mastering Analytics, Machine Learning, and Data-Driven Insights
    Alex R. Insight

    Master the future of technology with this definitive guide to Modern Data Science. Unlock actionable insights through Analytics, Machine Learning, and Big Data strategies. Perfect for beginners and pros wanting a logic-first approach to data-driven decision making.

  9. THE GLOBAL DATA WAR
    Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, and the Race for Data, Chips, and Cloud
    Nilesh Shantaram Devlekar

    Artificial Intelligence has become the new global power race. Nations are competing for data, infrastructure, and algorithmic dominance that will define the future world order.

  10. Bound by Design
    Abdulkabir Musa

    Your software architecture is a mirror of your team structure. If you don't like what you see in the code, look at your Slack channels. Bound by Design shows you how to fix both — together.

  11. The Austrian Side Business
    Use Austrian Economics to Build a Profitable, AI-Assisted Business Without Quitting Your Job
    Finxter

    How long can you keep collecting a good salary inside a company that is obviously too inefficient to survive what’s coming? This book shows you how to turn the broken workflows you already understand into income you control - before your paycheck reminds you it was never really safe.

  12. The AI-Powered Freelancer
    Master the Essential AI Toolkit to Double Your Income and Reclaim Your Time.
    Alex R. Insight

    Unlock the future of work: Learn how to 10x your productivity, automate your workflow, and scale your freelance business using the latest AI tools in 2026. This comprehensive guide is designed for freelancers and digital nomads looking to master Generative AI and Prompt Engineering. Discover how to use Artificial Intelligence for content automation, AI-driven marketing, and client acquisition. Whether you want to build a high-paying side hustle or generate passive income, this book provides the roadmap for scaling a freelance business and staying ahead in the global gig economy.

  13. After Answers
    Living With Responsibility When Everything Explains Itself
    S. R. Ahmad

    Answers are no longer scarce.Explanations appear instantly. Systems respond before questions fully form. Relevance is calculated, sorted, and delivered with minimal friction. The surface appears efficient.Yet something shifts beneath this abundance.When selection is automated and signals fluctuate continuously, orientation does not strengthen. It fragments. Attention becomes reactive. Judgment becomes distributed. Decision-making persists, but its center grows less visible.After Answers does not argue against technology. It does not offer recovery strategies or productivity corrections. Instead, it observes what happens when explanation becomes constant and responsibility becomes ambient.What changes when systems anticipate preference? What weakens when relevance is delegated? What remains when guidance is automated but accountability is not?This book studies saturation without dramatizing it. It examines autonomy without romanticizing it. It approaches responsibility without prescribing solutions.For readers attentive to structural shifts in cognition, authority, and digital mediation, this work begins where answers stop stabilizing orientation.

  14. The Paradox of the Steel Maiden
    Human Freedom in a World Designed by Algorithms
    Kang San Lee

    In a world designed for efficiency, can a choice beyond calculation still matter? A philosophical inquiry into how human freedom emerges at the limits of algorithmic logic.

  15. Chastity's Code Cookbook
    Computer Programming Recipes for Technical Math Nerds
    Chastity White Rose

    I am a programmer who knows clever tricksI convert integers to bases two to thirty sixBy using character arrays as stringsI can show you amazing math things While others talk about politics and sportsI read about computers of all sortsProgramming languages are all the sameWhen you see arithmetic as a game I don’t write code for a job to be paidBut to understand the video games I playedTo see what works and find out whyTo create, use, study, share, and modify